The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2012:

• Duke University: [1] Fareed Zakaria, the CNN anchor and Washington Post columnist.
• Loyola University Maryland: [2] Rev. Greg Boyle,  founder and chief executive officer of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention program in the United States.
• Northeastern University: [3] Colin Powell, the retired four star general and former U.S. secretary of state.
• Rice University: [4] Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: [5] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.